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LOT 1676
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Plate Brooch with Beast Facing Back
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.51 grams, 31 mm).
Disc brooch with low-relief regardant beast motif within a segmented border; catchplate and pin-lugs to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound Yoxford, Suffolk, UK, circa 1980.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, plate 96(3).
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LOT 1676
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Plate Brooch with Beast Facing Back
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Viking Age Twisted Bronze Bracelet
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Penannular in form with hook-and-eye closure, twisted shank. 6 grams, 58 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the late 20th century A.D. From the private collection of the late David King (1940-2024), Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK. -
Viking Bronze Boar's Head Brooch with Openwork Beast Motif
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Hollow-formed with openwork decorative outer surface attached to a plain back-plate with one spring-lug and catchplate intact; the upper face divided by a heavy segmented median rib and zoomorphic ornament in the outer panels, arranged symmetrically along the rib with a similar transverse band; the corners of the wider end reinforced with vertical posts ending in heavy lobed ‘ears’; the side panels decorated with zones of interlace zoomorphic ornament and the upper-end panel with a continuation of the median rib, traces of ornamental interlace; the lower-end panel plain. 109 grams, 56 mm (162 grams total, 10.5 cm including stand)
Acquired on the UK art market, 1995-2000s. Private collection, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12987-246190. -
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Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Retaining an articulate pin to reverse and geometric detailing to each face. 37 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
